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  4. Greater Red Musk Shrew
mammal · Soricomorpha · Soricidae

Greater Red Musk Shrew

Crocidura flavescens (I.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) — also called Greater Red White-toothed Shrew, Greater Red White-toothed, Sidafrika-Riesenweil 3 zahnspitzmaus. Occurrence records of the Greater Red Musk Shrew are shared on GBIF from around 6 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Waterloo Farm lagerstätte (4 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernSoricidae
6reserves with records
15records around them
2provinces
LCIUCN category

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Waterloo Farm lagerstätteProtected areaEC Eastern Cape4
Garden Route National ParkNational parkWC Western Cape3
Greyton Nature ReserveNature reserveWC Western Cape2
Lower Guinea-Fowl TrailNature reserveEC Eastern Cape2
Wellington ParkNature reserveEC Eastern Cape2
Settlers Park Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape2

By province

Eastern Cape
4 reserves
Western Cape
2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Order
Soricomorpha
Family
Soricidae
Scientific name
Crocidura flavescens
GBIF taxon
9177524

More of the Soricidae family

Forest ShrewLeast Dwarf Shrew

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.